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you go to berkeley law school instead of two different law school in the uc system and you fail. whereas you could very will succeed anywhere else. so i think it has a multiplicative effect, which takes away the life chances of a large sector of americans. that is the core issue here, where society can really do something. it is hard to imagine how you change the culture, how you change the patterns of the family structure. but it does not hard at all how you imagine education and opportunities and denying them i think is a crime. [applause] >> god bless you. i am wondering how you reconcile the demagoguery of the obama administration as the system by the media resulting in upper-50's approval ratings with your idea that we can settle conservative ideas in the majority. >> everyone wants the country to succeed. everyone wants the president, who is the leader of the country, to succeed. there's nothing unusual about having a higher approval. you have been reelected and this is a new page in the country. the country sees itself as entering a new chapter and wants to succeed. i don'
you go to berkeley law school instead of two different law school in the uc system and you fail. whereas you could very will succeed anywhere else. so i think it has a multiplicative effect, which takes away the life chances of a large sector of americans. that is the core issue here, where society can really do something. it is hard to imagine how you change the culture, how you change the patterns of the family structure. but it does not hard at all how you imagine education and opportunities...
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caller: this is the problem -- the united states has laws. we don't abide by the laws. that is why everything is going crazy. plus, we use unionized workers for all these federal problems. host: we are going to leave it there and throw those 2 to scott amey. are the laws on the books stricken off and how did the unions come into play -- a strict enough, and how do the unions, to play? guest: it is the interpretation of those that we are struggling with in the snowden case? is the department of justice in its constitutional right to do what it is done in the wake of the patriot act and the national -- the national homeland security act that have subsequently come? it is also a question of are the interpretations legally correct? have they been challenged? it sounds like up to this point they are perceived blanket approval for members of congress as well as the courts, and that will be the biggest fallout over this, that they are just that we will see that there are more checks and balances added to the system to see that the trepidation that these senior policymakers are
caller: this is the problem -- the united states has laws. we don't abide by the laws. that is why everything is going crazy. plus, we use unionized workers for all these federal problems. host: we are going to leave it there and throw those 2 to scott amey. are the laws on the books stricken off and how did the unions come into play -- a strict enough, and how do the unions, to play? guest: it is the interpretation of those that we are struggling with in the snowden case? is the department of...
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and for adherence to the rule of law. as a member and a member of this oversight committee, i appreciate that. as the president said, the imperative to secure the nation must not come at the sacrifice of our law or ideals. this needs never be an either/or hoice.trec it is also important to ensure that while we look at the programs of the cia that their effectiveness be measured objectively and not by those who are charged with implementing them. the chairman has gone to parts of your background. i want to congratulate you on your nomination. the service has provided to our nation so far, and in the aftermath of this hearing, coakley the service that you will provide going for. with that i will come back to the dais. >> i give very much. mr. brennan, please stand and raise your right hand, and i will administer the it. i do solemnly swear i will give this committee the truth, the full truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me god. they care very much, and we look forward to hearing your testimony. >> chairman, members o
and for adherence to the rule of law. as a member and a member of this oversight committee, i appreciate that. as the president said, the imperative to secure the nation must not come at the sacrifice of our law or ideals. this needs never be an either/or hoice.trec it is also important to ensure that while we look at the programs of the cia that their effectiveness be measured objectively and not by those who are charged with implementing them. the chairman has gone to parts of your...
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and thank you to our law enforcement partners who are represented by the d.c. police department today. and there is a huge law enforcement presence to keep us safe over the next four, five days. matt, do you want to talk about what you guys will be doing. >> good morning everybody. miami matt house, i'm the press secretary for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies. our purview is primarily everything happening on capitol hill. staff has been involved in planning our activities for a year. the inauguration preparations begin the minute the previous one ends. the rules committee in the senate has been hard at work preparing for monday and i wanted to talk very briefly about our theme for monday and walk through some of the components very briefly and i'm happy to answer additional questions at the end. the theme for this year is faith in america's future. a theme that was selected by chairman schumer and spent a lot of time talking about it. this marks the 150th year since the completion of the capitol dome with the statue of freedom being pla
and thank you to our law enforcement partners who are represented by the d.c. police department today. and there is a huge law enforcement presence to keep us safe over the next four, five days. matt, do you want to talk about what you guys will be doing. >> good morning everybody. miami matt house, i'm the press secretary for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies. our purview is primarily everything happening on capitol hill. staff has been involved in planning our...
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e house wrapping up today, writing the quhine law, a bill signed into law in 2001. that sets educational standards within elementary and secondary schools who are receiving federal funds. that bill would overhaul the requirements in the current law, allowing states to set their own standards. live coverage of the house. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer listen offered by guest chaplain major howard bell, 932nd airlift wing, scott air force base, illinois. major. the chaplain: would you bow with me please. almighty god, we ask for your divine blessing on this congress, we ask that you bless them as they share the privilege that befuddled moses d has driven some to amazing places, leadership. we ask you to give to this congress the wisdom of solomon in the decisions they must makering the courage of david when faced with giants in the land, the strength of samson to endure the daily grind, the patience of job to deal with the e
e house wrapping up today, writing the quhine law, a bill signed into law in 2001. that sets educational standards within elementary and secondary schools who are receiving federal funds. that bill would overhaul the requirements in the current law, allowing states to set their own standards. live coverage of the house. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer...
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bethey weren't, they would law. and he will work with members of both parties to try to get them passed. >> but when you repeat today the full weight of the presidency -- yesterday i went back to the transcript and the word "hollywood" was never used by the president or the vice president in remarks yesterday. obviously, guns are a big part here, but why not also take on hollywood? he's taking on the nra. if this is the full weight of the presidency, why not take on -- >> well, he's directed as part of the actions he took that the cdc study gun violence and causes of gun violence. i mean, there's a -- ignorance is not an acceptable position to adopt, that it's better not to know. we need to know and it's worth studying, and we should embrace the science and allow the research to go forward so we can learn more about the effect of violence in the entertainment industry -- depicted through entertainment -- and the impact it may or may not have on society and on children. so that was a very specific item that he did in
bethey weren't, they would law. and he will work with members of both parties to try to get them passed. >> but when you repeat today the full weight of the presidency -- yesterday i went back to the transcript and the word "hollywood" was never used by the president or the vice president in remarks yesterday. obviously, guns are a big part here, but why not also take on hollywood? he's taking on the nra. if this is the full weight of the presidency, why not take on -- >>...
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but the see quester is law -- sequester, there is no need to debate it. that's the law. and i don't know how we win by somehow suggesting there is a debate over t we have an opportunity here hopefully to force the senate to pass a budget. again the bill does not require the house and senate to agree to a budget, which is the whole purpose of the 1974 act. and so we can't hold each other accountable for that. i think that should be an integral part of that as well. >> the sequester, if you gentlemen will yield, sequester will set screagsier spending from 1047 to 974, which is a tremendous amount of cuts. something conservatives on this dais have been pushing for, to rein in government spending. we are going to have challenges ahead because the bill that the representative from kansas mentioned a minute ago was the sandy bill. i put an amendment that would cut a paltry $1 million. that was $1 million with an m not a b, $1 million from that which was a plus up. it was an earmark for legal services corporation. we weren't zeroing out l.s.c. we were just taking away that earm
but the see quester is law -- sequester, there is no need to debate it. that's the law. and i don't know how we win by somehow suggesting there is a debate over t we have an opportunity here hopefully to force the senate to pass a budget. again the bill does not require the house and senate to agree to a budget, which is the whole purpose of the 1974 act. and so we can't hold each other accountable for that. i think that should be an integral part of that as well. >> the sequester, if you...
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it's time for us to revaive reagan's law. for lib -- revive reagan's law. for liberty to expand, government must sh ring. [applause] for the economy to grow, government must get out of the way. this month i'll propose a five-year balanced budget. my budget eliminates the department of education. [applause] and devolves money back to the states where they belong. my five-year budget will create millions of jobs by cutting the corporate income tax in half. by creating a flat personal income tax of 17%. and cutting the regulations that are strangling american business. the only stimulus ever proven to work is leaving more money in the hands of those who earned it. the constitution must be our guide for conservatives to win nationally, we must stand for something. we must stand on principle. we must stand for something so powerful and so popular that it brings together people from the left and the right and the middle. we need a republican party that shows up on the south side of chicago and shouts at the top of our lungs we are the party of jobs and opportunit
it's time for us to revaive reagan's law. for lib -- revive reagan's law. for liberty to expand, government must sh ring. [applause] for the economy to grow, government must get out of the way. this month i'll propose a five-year balanced budget. my budget eliminates the department of education. [applause] and devolves money back to the states where they belong. my five-year budget will create millions of jobs by cutting the corporate income tax in half. by creating a flat personal income tax...
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laws. banning firearms would only take guns away from our law-abiding citizens and ensure that law breakers have guns. i was watching tv a couple of weeks ago and i saw the sponsor of the senate bill to ban these assault rifles and she was giving a rationale why she thought it was important and she was saying, well, gangs in california have assault rifles and we've got to get these off the streets and out of the hands of our gang members. so we need to pass this bill. and i just kind of scratched my head and i thought, do you really believe that gang members are going to listen and pay attention to a law that washington, d.c., passes? they break laws every day. i really can't see them getting together and having an organizational meetinging and saying, well, let's -- meeting and saying, well, let's have the legislative report and have the gang members say, well, they passed a new law in d.c. so i guess we can't use assault rifles anymore. we've got to look at the facts about whether passing
laws. banning firearms would only take guns away from our law-abiding citizens and ensure that law breakers have guns. i was watching tv a couple of weeks ago and i saw the sponsor of the senate bill to ban these assault rifles and she was giving a rationale why she thought it was important and she was saying, well, gangs in california have assault rifles and we've got to get these off the streets and out of the hands of our gang members. so we need to pass this bill. and i just kind of...
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we in new york are very a tremendoushave number of law firms and law schools. community, aprofit network that has robust legal services. a lot of legalte minds in the city of new york. the reality is, we have one immigration lawyer for every 10,000 immigrants. the realities of immigration fraud and the number of individuals who hang shingles to say, i am here to help you, pay me money -- we see this now. putting outviduals messages that we can help you. we have had to put out counter messages to say, there is nothing out there. do not pay anyone a penny. we started a pilot two years ago with law students, where we engage law students and trained them in a curriculum to go into high schools and talk to immigrant youth in high schools, english-language learners in particular. it is a pipeline process, we think. we are embedding in law students a bit of information that we can hopefully engage them in thinking about maybe becoming an immigration attorney. when the process happens, they may be lawyers. we can call them back to do additional work to help us around l
we in new york are very a tremendoushave number of law firms and law schools. community, aprofit network that has robust legal services. a lot of legalte minds in the city of new york. the reality is, we have one immigration lawyer for every 10,000 immigrants. the realities of immigration fraud and the number of individuals who hang shingles to say, i am here to help you, pay me money -- we see this now. putting outviduals messages that we can help you. we have had to put out counter messages...
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i took that decision under international law. there was no time to lose. if we had time it would have been time for terrorism. terrorism would have conquered all of mali. i made this choice in the name of france. it was our response ability. we have been well represented in that part of the world. we read able to provide the help that the president expected of us immediately. that is a decision i'd sit on behalf of europe and the international community. i would like to thank the european parliament for the understanding it showed us. not to stir up the ghost of the past but to bring back dignity to people who enabled my country to be freed from servitude during the second world war. >> i can tell you that mali will recover its territorial integrity. the moment is a night. the political time will come. stability in this country is time for developments. this time hasted the time for the organizations. they are already in print. it should be the time for europe. we need to act and not in favor of peace but in favor of security. they are allowing a political
i took that decision under international law. there was no time to lose. if we had time it would have been time for terrorism. terrorism would have conquered all of mali. i made this choice in the name of france. it was our response ability. we have been well represented in that part of the world. we read able to provide the help that the president expected of us immediately. that is a decision i'd sit on behalf of europe and the international community. i would like to thank the european...
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what law? when you say you want to make sure we have a basis -- based on which law are we talking about? >> it depends on the circumstances. the talking about article iii authority from the fbi? >> the point i'm trying to get at, the truth is we don't know anything about the benghazi attack. we don't know if he knew of future attacks being planned by the same people because we never got his big dam because tunisia said their loss would not let them hold them read that does not concern you were not able to obtain this information? >> we press our partners in foreign government to hold individuals and allow us access. sometimes their laws do not allow that to happen. i think the u.s. government has to respect these governments right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. we don't want to have these individuals being held in september of custody that is extra judicial. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you mr. brennan for your testimony today. one
what law? when you say you want to make sure we have a basis -- based on which law are we talking about? >> it depends on the circumstances. the talking about article iii authority from the fbi? >> the point i'm trying to get at, the truth is we don't know anything about the benghazi attack. we don't know if he knew of future attacks being planned by the same people because we never got his big dam because tunisia said their loss would not let them hold them read that does not...
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there are other terms in in the law. tax, this is translated into the spanish, i won't inflaket my bad accent upon you but that's the new term for it under the affordable care act, donation. another term in the law, mandate. that's been translated new and imimproved, suggestion. we've got a couple of other terms in the law, community rating. sounds exotic but it can be translated into something you can understand in spanish. the young pay more. partnership, we hear a lot about partnerships. spanish translation, you take the blame. for the states. medicare savings. complicated budgetary arithmetic there, the spanish term for that, double counting. i looked for other terms in the affordable care act which the administration hasn't gotten around to retranslating, one more, premium reductions, spanish, the sky's the limit in terms of the increase in premiums. these are terms where we couldn't find the translation, not only in the affordable care act, not only in the spanish diction -- dictionary, couldn't find in it an engli
there are other terms in in the law. tax, this is translated into the spanish, i won't inflaket my bad accent upon you but that's the new term for it under the affordable care act, donation. another term in the law, mandate. that's been translated new and imimproved, suggestion. we've got a couple of other terms in the law, community rating. sounds exotic but it can be translated into something you can understand in spanish. the young pay more. partnership, we hear a lot about partnerships....
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not just the law of cyst six but law of plomeds -- diplomacy. we have to be thoughtful how we go forward. i want to take on the word pivot. i think pivot implies that we are turning away from somewhere else. we are not turning away from anywhere else. whatever we do in china should not or in the far east, independent knees yeah -- indonesia, vietnam, all of these countries should not come at the expense of relationships in europe or the middle east or elsewhere. it can't. what we need to do is try to bring europe along with us to a recognition of the opportunities in the far east. it would improve our clout. it would leverage the market. perhaps there has been some talk about u.s.-e.u. trade relationship. i don't know whether that could become a reality or not. but we need to think thoughtfuly about not creating a threat where there isn't one and understanding very carefully where we can find the basis of better cooperation. now i want to emphasize, because i want someone out there saying kerry has a mistaken notion about china about what they'r
not just the law of cyst six but law of plomeds -- diplomacy. we have to be thoughtful how we go forward. i want to take on the word pivot. i think pivot implies that we are turning away from somewhere else. we are not turning away from anywhere else. whatever we do in china should not or in the far east, independent knees yeah -- indonesia, vietnam, all of these countries should not come at the expense of relationships in europe or the middle east or elsewhere. it can't. what we need to do is...
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forces or law enforcement. and i just want to make sure i understood your answer correctly, you said you were not requested to secure the compound and had you been requested to secure the compound, in your judgment, the u.s. military could have done so and could have done so effectively? >> yes. yes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cruz. senator hagen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary panetta, as i'm sure everybody said, this is your last time before this committee, we certainly want to take an opportunity to thank you for your extraordinary service as secretary and all the other accolades and services that you have provided to the people of the united states. i, too, want to echo my sincere thanks and general dempsey, thank you, too, for your continue service as we go forward. the september 11 attack drew attention to the use of local militia by the department of state for protection in benghazi and on the night of the attack, security consisted of three armed militia members as well as
forces or law enforcement. and i just want to make sure i understood your answer correctly, you said you were not requested to secure the compound and had you been requested to secure the compound, in your judgment, the u.s. military could have done so and could have done so effectively? >> yes. yes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cruz. senator hagen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary panetta, as i'm sure everybody said, this is your last time...
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to attack a consulate is an act of war under anybody's interpretation of international law. it's an act of war. and when somebody commits an act of war against the united states, gens a u.s. ambassador, against our people -- against a u.s. ambassador, against our people, they need to know there is a commander in chief, or if he doesn't know because he's busy, somebody that will give the order to protect those that were put in that bad situation. our military needs to know that their commander cares. our military needs to know that they are not going to lay down their life for nothing. . this is not the kind of testimony we need. we want the truth. if this is the truth so be it. of course we heard from the doctors after the fall that, gee, it turns out this could be the kind of thing that would result in memory loss. and i'm glad she's well enough to get along. my late mother with a brain tumor had balance problems. we constantly had to be on alert for her falling, maybe tripping over a curb and hurting herself. breaks your heart when you see somebody bruised from falling. so
to attack a consulate is an act of war under anybody's interpretation of international law. it's an act of war. and when somebody commits an act of war against the united states, gens a u.s. ambassador, against our people -- against a u.s. ambassador, against our people, they need to know there is a commander in chief, or if he doesn't know because he's busy, somebody that will give the order to protect those that were put in that bad situation. our military needs to know that their commander...